House car



G. MADLAND l Nov. l2, 1935.

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HOUSE CAR Filed May 6, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 N MM M Cy AI77-)f PatentedNov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQE 'I'his invention relates to'house cars.

In recent years construction of metallic house cars has made rapidstrides forward and, in f act, hasl all but superseded the decadentwooden house cars. Even the latter, where they possess steelunderframes, are being converted' to metallic cars as rapidly aspossible. AThe all metal house car however, in consonance with itssturdy construction, designed Ior greater capacity than the old woodencars,` thereby materially enhancing its revenue yield to the railroads.This increased capacity is uniformly obtained by increasing the distancebetween the side sills of the car underirame, thus providing a car ofgreater inside effective width and a consequent increase in the cubicalcapacity oi the car, The length of the car may also be increased but, inthe main, increase inf ,capacity is secured by increasing the width oithe car. l Y

The greater distance between the side sills'thus required necessarilyaiects the length of the body bolsters,cross bearers and cross ties.Hence, while a house car of greater capacity may thus be obtained, itobviously entails a substantial in'- crease in cost of construction Themain object oi my invention, therefore, is directedto thelconstructionof metallic house cars having metallic side sills, metallic side plates,metallicrpostsv and metallic side wall sheathing whichy shallrb'e of thedesired greater capacity, maintain the spacing between side sills of thedisplaced house cars, and eliminate the increased length of certain ofthe underframe members and the attendant increased cost of construction.t

In my preferred embodiment of the invention this main object is achievedby spacing the posts of the carside construction laterally outwardly oithe side sills a substantial distance. 'I'he lower` ends of the posts,which preferably extend down--y wardly below the tops of the sidesills," are rigidly secured to the side sills by metallic membersmaintaining the posts the desired distancetirorm the sills and which,together withsaid posts and side sheathing secured to said posts,providenla sturdy, substantial side wall construction. The space thusprovidedbetween the posts and the side sills and between the sheathingandi the side sills may be closed by members extending from the postsandy sheathing to the side sills or approximately thereto and thesemembers, by virtue of the rugged carside construction, are rer` lievedof any substantial stress carrying function except as they serve tostrengthen the lower mar.

gin of the sheathing, thus maintainingrthefeif fectiveness of thesheathing as the web of the side wall girder.V The membersare preierablyangular in section having anges secured to the posts and to the lowermargintof the sheathing. The post securement 'eectively r supports themembers which, as noted above, are freetofmse- 5 curement tothe sidesills and serve as closure members and, additionally, to providelsupportfor the floor boards extending beyond the 4side sills'.

Together with the main object noteduabov'e and other objects which willlater appear, this in- 10 vention comprises the novel structure andcombination ,of parts hereinafter described anduparticularly pointed outand dened in the appended daimo Y c `In the;accompanyin'g drawings:forming .part 15 of this specification: A l, e

.A Figure 1 is an elevation of substantially half 0I aside wallconstructionuof a railway house car embodying the invention, partsthereoil being broken away `to accommodate the figure on the 20sheet'lof drawings. y

Y Figure? 4is a detailed elevation showing thev construction around thelower portion of an inter mediateside post. i l

iure 3 is a vertical section taken on line3`3 25 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 isha horizontal section taken' ony lin'e [-4. of `Figure 2l 4Figure is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modiiiedform of theinvention.

Figure 6 is ahorizontal section taken on line 6"-67` of Figure 5;* t l`Figure'? is a'vertical section taken on line ll-I of Figure 5.

Figure Sis a view similar to Figure 2, showing 35 a furthermodifled'form of the invention. y

e Figure 9i'sa horizontal section taken on line S-L-QWQ'Figure'B, and tY Figure 10`is a Vertical section taken on line' I 0- I 0 of Figure l8.y e 40 Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to the form ofthe invention illustratediri Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, a showing is madein Figiure 1y of a portion'oi the side construction o'f a railway'hous'ecar; including the side sill`o`f the 45 underframe and the roof ofthe'c'ar. It is tobe understood that the substantially'remaining half of thecars'ide construction will be the same as that illustrated in Figure 1andthat the carside construction on the oppositeside of the car willagree 50 with the'carside construction shown in Figure 1 ofthe drawings;

There Vis shown in this figure ofthe drawings a side s ill Ioisubstantially channelshape dis-` posed Vwith 'itsweb Il vertically andits flanges l2` 55 opening provided in the carside is indicated at I4,the rear vertical margin thereof being defined by means of a door postI5 secured at its lower margin to the side sill by means of angularclips I6 and II. A plurality of spaced intermediate side posts I8 aredisposed between the door post I5 and the adjacent car end I9. Theinterval between the door post I5 and the car end is covered by means ofmetallic sheathing 29 which is preferably inthe form of a plurality ofsheets overlapping at the intermediate posts and secured thereto as bymeans of rivets. The innermost sheet is similarly fastened to the doorpost I5, while the outermost sheet may be secured to the side iiange 2Iof the car end.

The upper ends of the door and intermediate posts are secured to a sideplate 22 to which the upper margin of the metallic sheathing 20 is alsosecured. A metallic roof, designated in its entirety by the numeral 23,is provided on the car.

In Figures 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings there is illustrated in greaterparticularity the construction of the railway house car at the lowerportions of the intermediate posts. Each intermediate post I8 ispreferably of Z-section disposed with its inner and outer flanges 24 and25 in spaced substantially parallel relationship to the side sill I0 andits web 26 disposed substantially at ninety degrees to the side sill.Each of the intermediate posts I8, as -clearly illustrated in Figures 3and 4 of the drawings, is spaced a substantial distance outwardly of itscorresponding side sill so that even though the spacing between the sidesills of the house car is maintained, the same as for a car having aninside width of approximately 8 6, an increased width of car and acorresponding increase in cubical capacity thereof is obtained. Thelower portion of each intermediate post I8 is securedr to the web II ofthe side sill by means of an angular clip 21, one ilange 28 of which isriveted to the web II and the other ilange 29 of which is riveted to theweb of the post. Additionally, the lower portion of each intermediatepost is secured to the side sill by means of a substantially bathtubbrace 30, having a web 3I riveted to the innermost flange of the postand ilanges 33 and 34 riveted to the web II of the side sill. It will beclear from Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings that the ilange 28 Yof theangular clip is disposed against the flange 33 of the bathtub brace andthat the same rivets are utilized to fasten these flanges to the sidesill.

An integral and, hence, mechanically continuous angular member 35extends from the door post I5 to the end of the car. At eachintermediate post this angular member is secured thereto by means of aplurality of angular clips 36 disposed upon opposite sides of the web ofthe post and secured to said web by means of rivets extending throughthe web and through the vertical ilange 31 of each of the clips. Thehorizontal ilange 38 of each of said clips is disposed upon an inwardlyextending horizontal leg 39 of the angular member 35 and is riveted tosaid leg. It will be apparent from Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings thatthe intermediate post I8 extends downwardly through the horizontal legof the angular member 35 and to this end said leg is provided with anangular cope 40, while the outermost flange 25 of the intermediate postis coped, as indicated at 4I, so as to permit extension of the lowerportion of the post through the horizontal leg of the angular member andto provide a recess within which the vertical leg 42 of the angularmember is disposed. The angular member 35 is thus rigidly secured toeach of the intermediate posts.

The sheathing 20 extends downwardly upon 5 the outside of theintermediate posts I8 to overlapping relationship with the vertical leg42 o1' the angular member 35. The lower edge of the sheathing stopsabove the horizontal leg 39 of this angular member and the lower marginof 10 said sheathing is secured to the Vertical leg 42 as by means ofrivets. This securement extends along the lower margin of the sheathingfrom the door post to the corresponding end of the car and thereby theangular member 35 serves 15 eiectively to strengthen the lower margin ofthe sheathing. Danger of buckling of the sheathing is thereby avoidedand itsfunction in the side wall girder as a web is insured.

It will be observed that by virtue of the con- 20 struction abovedescribed a space is formed between the outer face of the web of theside sill and the inner sides of the intermediate posts and between thisface of the web and the inner plane of the metallic sheathing. Theangular member 25 35, and particularly the horizontal leg 39 thereof, isutilized to close this space and to this end said horizontal leg extendsinwardly to abutting engagement with the web of the side sill or intoproximate relationship therewith. This hori- 30 zontal leg, however, isnot riveted or secured in any manner to the side sill. In addition toclosing the space provided, as indicated above, the horizontal leg 39serves to support the portion of the floor which overhangsthe side sill.35

A modified form of the invention is illustrated in Figures 5, 6, and 7of the drawings. In this form of the invention the bottom angular member43 is provided in sections, each section extending between a pair ofadjacent intermediate 40 posts. One end of each angular section is copedas indicated at 44 to permit extension of the intermediate post belowthe angular member. The other end of the section 43 is not coped. Eachadjacent end of sections 43 is rigidly se- 45 cured to an intermediatepost by means of angular clips 45 riveted to the web of the intermediatepost and to the inwardly extending legs 46 of the sections. Eachintermediate post is secured to the side sill in the same manner as de-50 scribed for the securement of the intermediate post shown in Figures2, 3, and 4 of the drawings.

It is desired that the separate bottom angular sections 43 be renderedmechanically continuous 55 from the door post to the corresponding endof the car. For this purpose there is utilized an angular member 4'Ihaving an inwardly extending horizontal leg 48 and a verticallyextending leg 49. The horizontal leg 48 is disposed be- 60 tween thehorizontal leg 4S of the section 43 and the angular clips 45. Thehorizontal leg 48 bridges the joint 59 formed betweenv the adjacent endsof the horizontal legs 46 of the sections 43 and is secured to saidlatter horizontal 65 legs by means of rivets. The vertical leg 49 of thebridging member extends across the joint 5I formed between the ends ofthe vertical legs 52 of the angular sections 43. The vertical leg 49 isriveted to the vertical legs 52, these rivets 70 passing through thelower margin of the sheathing in order to fasten said sheathing to theangular sections 43. In this form of the invention, as well as in theforegoing described form thereof, the horizontal legs 46 of the angularsectional 75 to the side sill.

members 43V extend inwardly, either to the web of the side sill or inproximate relation thereto, in order to close the space between the webof the side sill and the insides of the posts and sheathing. Thesehorizontal legs, however, are not secured to the side sill.

A further modified form of the invention is illustrated in Figures 8 to10 inclusive of the drawings. In this form of the invention separatebottom angular members 53 are employed, each of these members extendingbetween a pair of adjacent posts. One end of each of the sections 53 iscoped as indicated at 54 to permit extension of the intermediate posttherethrough for securement of the lower portion of the post As clearlyillustrated in Figure 9 of the drawings, the post extends, withoutmodlcation or coping of the outer flange thereof, through the cope inthe section 53. In place thereof the vertical leg 55 of each section 53is oilset as indicated at 56 and disposed in overlapping relationshipwith the iiange 25 of the post to which it is riveted. These rivets,additionally, serve to secure the lower margin of the sheathing to thepost and to the vertical legs of the sections 53.

The securement of the lower portion of each intermediate post ashereinabove described is utilized in the securement of the intermediatepost of the considered form of the invention to the side sill, it beingnoted, however, that by reason of the fact that the outer iiange 25 ofthe post extends continuously to the bottom thereof, a channel shapedmember A is employed rather than the angular member 21. The channelshaped fastening member A is disposed with its web W in abuttingengagement with the web of the post and is secured thereto by means ofrivets. The inner flange F of the channel shaped securing member isriveted to the web of the side sill, while the outer flange F is rivetedto the outer flange 25 of the post.

The angular sections 53 are secured to and along the lower margin of themetallic sheathing and are secured to the post by means of angular clips51, the vertical flanges 58 of which are riveted to the web of the posti8 and their horizontal flanges 59 are riveted to the horizontalinwardly extending legs 6i) of the bottom angular members. These legs,as heretofore noted, may'extend into engagement with the side sill orinto proximate relationship therewith.

It will be apparent that in each of the forms of the instant inventionthe side wall posts extend downwardly below the top of the side sill andare rigidly secured to said side sill. There is, thus, provided a sturdyside wall girder construction in which the side sill serves as thebottom cord and the posts as tension members. The web of the girderconstruction is provided by the metallic sheathing which is maintainedin effective relationship in the girder construction by means of thebottom angular members rigidly secured to the sheathing above thebottoms of the posts. By virtue of this construction it Will be evidentthat simplication and economy are obtained and that no securementbetween the bottom angular member to the side sill is required.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modifications of thedetails of the instant invention may be resorted to by those skilled inthe art. It is, therefore, intended to comprehend all such changes andmodifications within the purview of the'invention, which is to belimited only by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A metallic railway house car having a metallic underframe includingmetallic side sills, the spacing of said side. sills being substantiallythe sameas in a car having a given inside width and the inside width ofsaid house car being substantially greater than said given inside width,whereby to obtain a house car of substan- 10,

tially greater capacity, said house car having side wall structures eachof which comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced metallic posts,said posts extending downwardly below the top of said side sill, sturdymembers extending be- 15,

tween and rigidly securing said posts to said side sill, metallicsheathing secured to said posts in outwardly spaced relationship to saidsill and means structurally independent of and free from attachment tosaid sill secured to said posts and to the lower margin of saidsheathing and extending therefrom to at least proximate relationshipwith said side sill for closing the space between said sheathing andsaid side sill.

2. A metallic railway house car having a metallic underframe includingmetallic side sills, the spacing of said side sills being substantiallythe same as in a car having a given inside width and the inside width ofsaid house car being substantially greater than said given inside width,whereby to obtain a house car of substantially greater capacity, saidhouse car having side wall structures each of which comprises aplurality of longitudinally spaced metallic posts, said posts extendingdownwardly below the top of said side sill, sturdy members extendingbetween and rigidly securing said posts to said side sill, metallicsheathing secured to said posts in outwardly spaced relationship to saidsill, said sheathing being structurally free of attachment to said sidesill and means secured to and along the lower margin of said sheathingfor closing the space between said sheathing and said side sill.

3. A metallic railway house car having a metallic underframe includingmetallic side sills, the spacing of said side sills being substantiallythe same as in a car having a given inside width and the inside width ofsaid house car being substantially greater than said given inside widthwhereby to obtain a house car of substantially greater capacity, saidhouse car having side wall structures each of which comprises aplurality of longitudinally spaced metallic posts, sturdy membersextending between and rigidly securing said posts to said side sill,metallic sheathing secured to said posts in outwardly spacedrelationship to said sill, said sheathing being structurally free ofattachment to said side sill and means secured to and along the lowermargin of said sheathing for closing the space between said sheathingand said side 00 sill.

4. A metallic railway house car having a metallic underframe includingmetallic side sills, the spacing of said side sills being substantiallythe same as in a car having a given inside width 55 and the inside widthof said house car being substantially greater than said given insidewidth, whereby to obtain a house car of substantially greater capacity,said house car having side wall structures each of which comprises aplurality l of longitudinally spaced metallic posts, sturdy membersextending between and rigidly securing said posts to said side sill,metallic sheathing secured to said posts in outwardly spacedrelationship to said sill, angular members extending between said posts,means depending from said posts and secured to said angular members forsupporting the latter from said posts, said angular members havingVertical flanges secured to the lower margin of said sheathing andextending inwardly for closing the space between said sheathing and saidside sill, said angular members being free of connection to said sidesill.

5. A metallic railway house car having a metallic underframe includingmetallic side sills, the spacing of said side sills being substantiallythe same as in a car having a given inside width and the inside width ofsaid house car being substantially greater than said given inside width,Whereby to obtain a house car of substantially greater capacity, saidhouse car having side wall'structures each of which comprises aplurality of longitudinally spaced metallic posts, said posts extendingdownwardly below the top of said side sill, sturdy members extendingbetween and rigidly securing said posts to said side sill, metallicsheathing secured to said posts in outwardly spaced relationship to saidsill, said sheathing being structurally free of attachment to said sidesill and means secured to and along the lower margin of said sheathingfor closing the space between said sheathing and said side sill, saidmeans being free of securernent to said side sill.

GABRIEL MADLAND.

